[thechat] Hardware advice needed

Jon Haworth jhaworth at witanjardine.co.uk
Mon Jul 15 11:09:26 CDT 2002


Hi list,

One of my boxes went <phut> this weekend, and as I've been meaning to
upgrade it anyway, I thought I'd take advantage of what little silver lining
this cloud has to offer.

I've already got:
- a hard drive
- a Voodoo 3
- keyboard, mouse, monitor

And I'm looking at buying:

- Abit AT7 RAID mobo

http://overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/Online_Catalogue_AMD_Motherboards_68.html
  (at the top)

- Athlon XP 2000+
  http://overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/Online_Catalogue_AMD_CPUs_51.html

- Globalwin CAK38-II cooler
  http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/Online_Catalogue_CPU_Coolers_2.html
  (third one down)

- Coolercase Extreme Nero with Enermax 350W PSU option

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/Online_Catalogue_Coolercase_Range_45.
html
  (sixth one down)

This lot costs £450 including VAT.

I need some memory as well but (a) overclockers seem to be out of stock and
(b) I haven't thought about how much yet.

The plan is to stick the existing single hard drive and Voodoo in there as
well, then gradually upgrade to RAID 0 drives and a shiny Geforce of some
sort when I have a bit more cash.

Thoughts/warnings/gotchas/recommendations for other gear would be more than
welcome. I'll probably be ordering it at the end of this week, and I have a
friend who is a hardware guy and is more than happy to stick it all together
for me.

Cheers
Jon



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